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Forum - Other Charts: Australia - Non ARIA - Essential 1000

Essential 1000 - this is a countdown that I tuned into this week and followed on a radio station in Perth. Here’s the Top 100, the rest is on the link below.
http://www.mix.com.au/music/essential-1000-countdown

POSTITLEARTISTYEAR
100Sounds Of ThenGanggajang1983
99Kiss From A RoseSeal1995
98AllentownBilly Joel1981
97Killer QueenQueen1974
96Close To MeCure1985
95Crocodile RockElton John1996
94Firework Katy Perry2010
93 Power And The Passion Midnight Oil1983
92 Just A Girl No Doubt2002
91 New Sensation INXS1988
90 Need You Now Lady Antebellum2010
89 Jump Van Halen1984
88 Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd1974
87 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals1989
86 Smooth Santana & Rob Thomas1999
85 Bow River Cold Chisel1982
84 Grace Kelly Mika2007
83 Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again The Angels1976
82 All I Want Is You U21989
81 Hey Ya Outkast2004
80 Jack And Diane John Mellencamp1982
79 Rolling In The Deep Adele2011
78 Ballroom Blitz Sweet1973
77 Never Tear Us Apart INXS1988
76 Are You Gonna Be My Girl? Jet2003
75 Beat It Michael Jackson1982
74 How You Remind Me Nickelback2001
73 Forever Now Cold Chisel1982
72 Into The Groove Madonna1985
71 Chasing Cars Snow Patrol2006
70 Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution AC/DC1981
69 Dumb Things Paul Kelly1989
68 Losing My Religion R.E.M.1991
67 Hungry Like The Wolf Duran Duran1982
66 Hotel California Eagles1979
65 Blue Monday ('88) New Order1988
64 Little Lion Man Mumford And Sons2009
63 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds1985
62 Somebody To Love Queen1976
61 I Don't Feel Like Dancin' Scissor Sisters2006
60 Underneath The Radar Underworld1988
59 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinead O'connor1990
58 I Was Made For Lovin' You Kiss1979
57 Rock DJ Robbie Williams2000
56 Livin' On A Prayer Bon Jovi1986
55 American Pie Don Mclean1972
54 Working Class Man Jimmy Barnes1985
53 Since You've Been Gone Kelly Clarkson2005
52 T.N.T. AC/DC1975
51 It's Not Fair Lily Allen2009
50 Another Brick In The Wall Pink Floyd1979
49 I Kissed A Girl Katy Perry2008
48 My Sharona The Knack1979
47 Yellow Coldplay2001
46 You're The Voice John Farnham1986
45 U & Ur Hand Pink2006
44 Sweet Child O' Mine Guns N' Roses1988
43 Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac1977
42 Money For Nothing Dire Straits1985
41 Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)* Lloyd2011
40 Imagine John Lennon1970
39 Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon2008
38 Burn For You INXS1984
37 Stairway To Heaven Led Zeppelin1971
36 The Boys Of Summer Don Henley1984
35 Domino Jessie J2011
34 Down Under Men At Work1981
33 Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters And Collectors1984
32 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette1995
31 Pride (In The Name Of Love) U21984
30 Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera2011
29 Roxanne Police1978
28 Set Fire To The Rain Adele2011
27 Thriller Michael Jackson1984
26 Lightning Crashes Live1995
25 Love Shack B-52's1990
24 You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC1980
23 Time Of Your Life Green Day1998
22 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen1975
21 Let Me Entertain You Robbie Williams2000
20 Khe Sanh Cold Chisel1978
19 In The Air Tonight Phil Collins1981
18 Lonely Boy The Black Keys2011
17 Great Southern Land Icehouse1982
16 Express Yourself Madonna1989
15 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana1992
14 When The War Is Over Cold Chisel 1982
13 Hot N Cold Katy Perry2008
12 Every Breath You Take** Police1983
11 Summer Of '69 Bryan Adams1985
10 November Rain Guns N' Roses1992
9 Billie Jean Michael Jackson1983
8 Pumped Up Kicks Foster The People2011
7 Original Sin INXS1983
6 So What Pink2008
5 We Will Rock You Queen1977
4 Someone Like You Adele2011
3 Where The Streets Have No Name U21987
2 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye ft. Kimbra2011
1 It's A Long Way To The Top AC/DC1975

*Version without Andre 3000 and Lil Wayne
**Where the &$#! is this on Anton’s Best Of All Time

What do you think?

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Typical morons putting AC/DC on top. That is all.
It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll.
That is a shit countdown


It seems to be favouring alot of current hits, Moves Like Jagger and Pumped Up Kicks should not be that high ever on any all time list, Same with Lonely Boy, Hot 'N' Cold, Domino, Dedication To My Ex & I Kissed A Girl.
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I have a radio station that does a very similar thing as well. I've posted about it before. Let's see if this year's "2012 Essential Countdown" will end up being similar to this.

Shocked at the high placings of PUK, Adele and Gotye. Why does the Adult Contemporary audience/station love So What so much?

Ftr Here's the thread of the 2011 one I posted:
http://www.australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&search=adult+contemporary&id=36537&pages=#993050

Original Sin and It's A Long Way To The Top were in both top 10s.

I still do wonder where the &$#! is Every Breath You Take
Looks like your average Classic Hits playlist. I'm surprised that Set Fire to the Rain is higher than Rolling In The Deep. Some good tracks, but too many 2011 songs.

Boo AC/DC too
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60's - 0
70's - 19%
80's - 41%
90's - 11%
00's - 18%
10's - 11%

But yeah, this station is Adult Contemporary, and I think there was an online music panel who had a say in the countdown. More info in on the link above.

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The recent hits aren't a worry to be honest, many BOATs end up being like that because such recent hits are so much more familiar. Just wait a few years and pretty much most of them will be out of the top 100, except there'll be even more recent songs in :/


Also, this is the one thing I made sure of avoiding in my own BOAT, as you've probably noticed already.


Still, the 80s being far and away the best decade is awesome
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Surprised that Livin' On A Prayer is not higher

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